New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-09-29
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The Mohcan lay ut anchor Tow boats lengths
from tho Thistle. Mrs. Bell was on board ana there
was n continual coming and going between the TWO
yachts. The Mohican was used as headquarters, Mt
Be and his friends eating and sleeping aboard OF her
ANY one who expected to find tho Scotsmen disheaft
cned would have been disappointed IL Is no' enol
nature to DO easily downed They plea Win
Wallace as well as conquered with Bruce, and TWO
lines Of one Of their most beautiful foksongs eAacy
word their attitude after defeat. They are;
When we fell we aye Ct up again
And sac viii yet
IL was In this spirit that Mr.. Bell, MI. Wyihe'
Mr.. Ratsey and Mr. Coats talked to reporter III.
Bell was first to sIeak Of the new cohciuaoi 'n''
had been reached with regard to the cause vi 'n'
Thstles tagging
MR. BELL THINKS HIS YACHT WAS OUT OF Trial
sour boat was decidedly out Of trim," he said her
bottom was all right but her trim was not. we VIII
do what we can to put her In better shae ana hop'
that she will much improve on yesterday pefiornan''
to- morrow. / am even sanguine enough " I"~ 'n'
we will retrieve position and that there VIII DC 20
mind race hupe that there will DO wind enough W
give the yachts equal chance THIS talH aoou, liz
thistle being s saS P better chance in light
arsf or did Mr.. Watson or any ono ase oi - wsathe
T. is the nsw'P's Se b t1at mage 'na' A'n'
He was told that 100 10 80, tt and even even 70 J
had been oiford on the .oiuneer. ne s, t, snsers
Remarked al hope these fellows won't got their hnecfs
aMr Bell" asked the reporter, why did you not
test whethot she was running all right. the 'oiu+
teer invariably does So" .,,, o oor,a hovs
Judged ,.,..,,.o, h,a ~ srhmi.
In much good natuTcd chaing.
"Nere you the Volunteers mascott no wa as"c.1
"Of course he was Nj. Coats replied ior MN a.
always said ne was too good a man to send on inc
Volunteer She couldn't help winning with MIN VI
board" ~ ~ III,
II certainly never thought that we in the Volunteer
would get over the Inc first. The Volunteer was
splendldly handled, and she Is an extraordinarily tas
boat. I got q different impression en- irely OF her
crew from what expected Tsey worked d hard aba ana
Americans say. The Thistle surprised me. Why,
once when aboard Of her and she was racing tns
troy nj Dover, we ran half tho day In complete tog
and even under these circumstances we came IN ahead
and had 2 minutes 20 spare To say Una. tae,e1
than the Irex Is not oy ere stimatlng her powers"
Mr. Ratsoy said that the Thistle was maen aa naei
FOR instanoe-thcre can comparison The Thistle
is like racehorse and the Volunteer Ike ca norse'
hut IL IA not always the best-lOoking that wins"
The blandering Of the excursion steamers and tugs
has excited great deal Of indignation on both sides
demnation No one has limited that there was any
intention to spoil the Scottish contestants chances,
considerable trouble to her, Speaking Of 1t Mr. Wat
9 They did not seem to understand that running
undor ne e gave Us the wash and put back about
a. much az running to windward and the Volunteer
about much bothered as we were FROM 'ne
ehtship back big paddle wheeler ran In front OF us
for about fifteen minutes and gave us nasty cross
Wen wen have another chance to Morrow anu
may do bciter.'
CAPTAIN BARR EXPLAINS HIS UNLUCKY TACK.
Captain Barr who was In better spirits, gave this
explanation of the tack at the beginning OF the race
which has caused much adverse comment:
81 thought that the Volunteer might tack over our
bows, and then we should have blanketed her
Imagined that by going over thorc we would get
better strain Of wind. We running at the time
III Noiu a i
was well aware Of the difference In the tides of the
two Shores bur supposed that the wind would more
than counterbalancc the tide. The boats were 100
lar apart after they passed the Narrows to afford any
comparon 1t Is not fair to say that the volunteer
heat The Thistle SO many minutes ON the course be-
cause they were working under different conditions
Altogether. sometimes When the Volunteer got
STRAIN of wind We got none at all. Then, We wouid
ret a lttlc that tho Volunteer did not get"
The general opinion In yachlng circles YESTERDAY,
after nights tion was mar APP , n bar
able aud Instead OF beng an errOr VI Judgment was
good stroke oil pTes wind of The Long island shore
and II he had caught IL and All would nave gTho n wei,
been tel med a splendid pierre of nautical man@n-
ynng hr. Fyfo was OIL board the Thistle ior ltaie
whe tn the se sai the thistle had been my
boat 1 would brought her right back 10 her eh,
Gn n 49, sans az ,nch furthor" When he heard
that to being offered on the volunteer nc ven
on in tug and hurried uptown to take every ofier
of surh odd, a, he could get, and expressed hope
thai some one would give hlm 10 10 J.: Captain mt
nck of the Bedouin. visited the Thistle A. no
rowcd away In a small boat Mr.. Watson shouted
What did you think OF her YESTERDAY No you
think she was little down by tic Leaa =
81 don't know how you swim her, was inc iepS'
but lt strikes me che was Just uu1e down.
Tho Thistle lowed 10 an anchorage az oahuy
Hook lato In the afternoon. There some alteration
Was made IA her ballast with the oblec OF Improving
her thin. Otherwise. she will sail In the same con,
ditlon and with tho same men, win inc eAceP'oh Va
Captain Gibson of tho Oracle -.
Lieutenant ilenn using strong Language about
the race YESTERDAY 10 repor5Si ne Ss s. hoaen on
q miserable exhibition Inc ihi>'io was '@~~" VA
The Volunteer was OF Bay Ridge all day resting on
her Iaurels. she surrounded BY multitude OF
other yncn l. Gene al / aano ami Mr.. Burgess were
nos aboard, tut Captain Han aud Captain Terry were
at tLeir post, Captain Half said: IL don't think
an.ain lar made intake In tackIng IL the
only hing cold do. II no had not taeked we Wouia
haze gone down and bianke' I'd hiu. Inc wash froLn
Tho steamers hurt boat as much AZ II hurt the
olher COMM up from tho southwest SPIT the Noiun-
teer was terribly bothered. We could mol see the
Electra sometimes for the crowd
Captain Gibson, who sailed on the thistle, saiu
Tho scotsu!en wero very nervous. They swept me
Thistle three four times while lying a. ahehor %he@a
OF the Electra Il told them there was NJ danger OF
anything being done to injure her bottom, and that
thero was not man in America who would do such
a thing
captain Joe, Ellsworth is a good pilot but he Has
been receiving some credit he does not deserve. lie
wa not board the Volunteer IN the race no went
on Ia disgust Defoo tho start, saying there Would DO
no race The Yankee beauty Will SAIL To-Day with inc
same equipment and in the same trm and oruer as Ola
Tuesday. =,
Tho latest gossip yachting circles is that Mr. Bell
Is prepared 10 challenge again II defeated and that
there Is another Scotsman just now who Is also
willing TO challenge, but under new rules, "a ho wants
the racing to be all side, and tho excursion boats
IA bo CON pellel to keep thor distance.
Many merlbols VI the Now-fork Yacht Ciun ana
their friend dropped In al tho club house last evening
and discussed sho OF Tuesday and the prospects
for to-day Al seemed 10 he OF one mind In predicting
another victory for Volunteer the outside course
to-day, whether no wind is heavy o. light AL who
wero inclined to bet willing to give odds OF or
,l.H ,Ita lint
lattor would win there no takers.
WHAT WILL THE WEATHER BIZ To-pAYi
BY tho old salts and weather. wise people generally
tho weather probabilities for today AFRO said to DO
northwest wind, probably brisk one. The> prophesied
hat last nights drizzo would pass OF and be sue
ceeded to-day by clear skies and breeze That, they
say Is quito a common succession on the Bay and
happens four times OF Ave.
From tho da coiioc; ed by the Government Weather
bureau however, 1t seems probably that tho wind